# Episode 143: On Collecting Things with Dr. Alex Fingers

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Podcast: [The Old School](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-old-school-3916563)
Published: 2026-01-10T18:06:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3107

## Resource

The two loveable hosts welcome back the great Dr. Alex Fingers to discuss the idea of collecting things. From sports cards and comics as kids to music and more refined items as adults. Why do we collect things? How does it help us emotionally, socially and how does that help in other aspects of our lives? It is not just hoarding things - though it can certainly go in that direction. Rather, it is something that fires passions, fosters connections and in the end, become the things that define us.

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